KSQD Talks Music

Cindy Wu – world class violinist & local chamber music festival director – Part 1

My guest for this podcast is Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, founder of Sunkissed Mozart, a organization that presents chamber music by world-class musicians, locally. She’s a world-class musician herself, a superb violinist. This podcast features an interview with Cindy, and excepts from some of her chamber music performances.  ( This is part 1 of an hour […]

Cindy Wu – world class violinist & local chamber music festival director – Part 2

My guest for this podcast is Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, founder of Sunkissed Mozart, a organization that presents chamber music by world-class musicians, locally. She’s a world-class musician herself, a superb violinist. This podcast features an interview with Cindy, and excepts from some of her chamber music performances.  ( This is part 2 of an hour […]

Werner Herzog, LIVE, on KSQD!!

One of the world’s greatest filmmakers, writer (and occasional actor), Werner Herzog joins host (and occasional collaborator) Erik Nelson for a unique, very live two hours. Herzog has a lot to say about a lot of things, ranging from prostitute penguins, the future of A.I, his larcenous beginnings as a filmmaker, the secret life of […]

Composer, Conductor, Early Music Expert Doug Balliett

Andrew Schoneberg interviewed NYC based composer, conductor, instrumentalist.  Doug Balliett teaches at Juliard, has had his compositions premiered at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in Europe.  Doug composes operas, contatas, other types of sacred music.  He conducts and plays in several professional music groups which specialize in pre-romantic era classical music and new music inspired […]

Peter Blanchette: Renaissance of the Arch Guitar

Rachel Anne Goodman interviews classical musician and composer, Peter Blanchette. Peter plays one of only four arch guitars in the world, an instrument he invented, which is a combination of classical guitar and lute. Blanchette is one of the world’s experts on the instrument, having played his brand of Renaissance and Baroque music in concert […]